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20 · Asia Eco-Design Electronics (AEDE) 5.3 Long-term capacity building measures As the industry and the economy moves up the learning curve, enhancing competitive advantage in the global arena through innovation would assume significance. This will be a critical element of long-term capacity building measures. Building on the achievements in the short and medium-term and extending these initiatives will also constitute the long term agenda. In the long-term, the Indian industry has to strategically position itself to effectively respond to global environment management practices and new developments in US, Europe and Japan. Securing a firm position in the global supply chain and initiating corporate social responsibility (CSR) through improved stakeholder engagement should be a priority in the long term. For propagating and sustaining environment management best practices in the longer-term, a group of leading companies setting industry benchmarks can make their professionals available for training and implementing clean technology processes for a fee. Part of the fee could be borne by sponsors and agencies championing the cause of environmental protection. This activity could be coordinated by industry associations like ELCINA as part of its newly created Environment Cell. All such initiatives have to be taken up at the national level with the aim of reaching out to as many companies as possible. The Government has a key role to play in long-term capacity building. In particular, it needs to: f Devise support systems including infrastructure development to bring down compliance costs f Track global compliance requirements on an ongoing basis and develop appropriate policy agenda and implementation programmes. A senior officer with decision-making powers (Director or Joint Secretary) from the MOEF (Ministry of Environment and Forests) needs to be assigned to the MC&IT (Ministry of Communications and IT) to evaluate all technical issues and develop a better understanding on compliance challenges. This collaboration between the two Ministries is critical for sharing responsibilities and addressing the challenges. f Support design, testing, tooling, training for EMS compliance targeting as many SMEs as possible. This could be done jointly with the industry, training institutions, academia and other enabling agencies. Summarising the capacity building measures required, the primary actions required are : f Prepare clear standards on RoHS, WEEE, EuP, LPEUR, HARL and eco-design as guidelines for the Indian industry f Support training and information dissemination on sustainable trade and environmental issues to the industry which would encourage them to be proactive on the issue f Active engagement of the government on all aspects critical for success ranging from creating standards, legislation, training as well as promotion of testing and recycling facilities. f Creation of public awareness on environmental issues and the encouragement of corporates to actively participate and support programmes.
Annex 1: Global and Indian companies involved in the electronics market in India Global companies Hi-tech product design, development, manufacturing and other activities Philips DVD video code. Philips began designing 65 and 90 nanometer chips in Bangalore Apple iPod audio code Texas Instruments OMAP Microsoft J Sharp and others Adobe Reader for Palm and iPaq Asia Eco-Design Electronics (AEDE) · 21 Intel Chip codenamed Whitefield for the first time to be designed from scratch in India. Chip testing to commence shortly with massive investment amounting to $ 700 million Cisco IOS core components Hewlett Packard Manufactures computers – desktops and laptops – printers, digital cameras, PDAs, ink and toner cartridges. Oracle OpenView kernel and components Tyco, Molex and Amphenol All are leading global connector makers with competitive production base in India and exporting Elcoteq Electronics manufacturing and services for mobile handsets Flextronics Wide range of telecom networking products, accessories and services AT&T One of the world’s largest PCB maker supplying from India to leading global telecom players EPCOS Siemens-Matsushita set up exporting passive components out of two factories in India Vishay Components US based leading player sells components across the world from its production base in India ISMC Plans to commission large-scale low-end chip manufacturing facility in India
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